All in the timing

Just when the warmer weather arrived, when local residents were more likely thinking about shedding coats than casting votes, a snap election was called for Ontario.

Premier Kathleen Wynne’s budget tabled last week, despite being the most NDP-friendly budget in recent memory, was rejected by provincial New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath, which led to the premier opting for an election rather than a non-confidence vote in the Ontario legislature.

Cartoonist Patrick LaMontagne’s vision is that of a newly growing spring flower trying to find purchase in the ground as the days grow longer and, finally milder, crushed by an election sign presumably pounded into the ground in haste given the sudden election call.

And what cartoonist worth his salt doesn’t employ the occasional ‘Thunk’ with appropriately bold graphic treatment into some of his or her work?